The Osceola times., 1887-03-12
BAD TEMPERED MEN.
4 Restaurant Dissertation on the Advan.
tages OF Being Cross and Crusty.

tages OF being Cross and Crusty.
"Have you ever noticed" asked the
old citizen, ''what good time the bad.
tempered people have in this world?
How they get their own way about
every thing. and how every one iles to
do their biddingp Now, look at
that man over there complacently eat
ing his venison steak. He came in ten
minutes after did, and yet here am
still waiting for my lunch. Why did
he get served firstP Well, not because
he's good customer; he's not half so
regular as l am; not because he tips
largely, for know he never gives
cent. while am guilty of bribery and
corruption to the extent of two or
three quarters week, but just simply
because he has the worst temper in
Chicago and would raise Cain
II he were kept waiting.
Now, l, on the con.
trary. have the misfortune to be mild
tempered, and, consequently, lam con.
tinually imposed on, here and every.
where else. The walters all know that
the worst they have to expect from me
is little mild gr,wlng and therefore
am freluently left, as | am to-day, to
regale mys If upon pa'e-bue table,
napkin. a k life and fork. and cruet,
while the bad-tempered fellows steaks
and chops flash by like lightning. I
don't like it, but what can | do? |
couldn't 1v into a rage to save my
life. l would If could. with the
greatest pleasure-I don't disapprove
RACES on principle at all-but can't
It's a physical imposSiblity, you know.
was born without the faculty. Oh.
the ba'l-to npere man has the best Of
II by long way, and esp ,cially in the
bosom of his family. Instead of being
worried about frozen pipes and im-
pertinent servants and smoking
chimneys, as we unfortunate 'ami-
able men are, every thing that goes
wrong is carefully kept from him for
fear he should be cross The children
are invariably well-behaved when
papa is home because they stand in
wholesome awe of summary proceed.
lngs on his part; his wife never bothers
him for money any more than she can
possibly help. because she knows II
doesn't agree with his temper; his
mother-in-law carefully avoids the
house, because poor dear Fanny's hus-
band is so irritable, you know and he
is spared that terrible nuisance of be-
ing obliged to listen. over and over
again to every little unpleasant thing
which happens; as for instance, how
Mrs. Jones, next door. gave dinner
and asked the Smiths and didn't ask
uA,' because his wife knows that
II annoyed on the subject he
is quite capable Of peremptori-
ly bidding her drop Mrs. Jones'
acquaintance. His meals are always
on the liable punctually, because his
servants are aware Of the fact that Mr..
- is awful 'pertic'lar, and his meat
Is never cooked to death or too rare,
because the cook has no desire to be
dismissed on the spot
Very likely he Is a pleasant agree-
able fellow when nothing has occurred
to vex him, and consequently his
friends do their best to keep him in an
equable frame of mind. They never
persistently contradict him. because
-, you know. has such a devil of
temper and they tacitly agree to let
him have his own way about most
things. Tradesmen don't cheat him,
knowing that he won't put up with it;
his clerks do their best and work twice
as hard as other peoples clerks be-
cause they want to keep peace in the
office.
"And bad-tempered women, I've OBJ
served. are never imposed upon as
their more 'amiable' sisters are. Their
servants and children obey them. their
husbands humor them. their friends
pet them. They are never sighted. or
made use Of or pushed on one side,
because they won't stand those things,
and no one wants to make them
cross.' Indeed, = bad temper h NOT
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